Its a 1600 xflow need to know best ignition timing setting and have noticed there is no vaccuum advance take off it's got electronic ignition pickup fitted ebay kit.
Thanks in anticipation Mike
Hi, wondering if one of you clever bods can help I have just sorted my carbs 40dcoes car runs better but still a bit fluffy.
Its a 1600 xflow need to know best ignition timing setting and have noticed there is no vaccuum advance take off it's got electronic ignition
pickup fitted ebay kit.
Thanks in anticipation Mike
First thing to do is make sure the mechanical advance isn't sticking they need a tiny drop of oil underneath the rotor arm.
Very common to find them sticking a bit due to lack of lubrication which will cause the centrifugal advance to lag a when the throttle is floored.
There wont be any figures for your configuration, I would set it to 8° which is retarded but will give easy starting, and progressively add 2° each test run until you get pinking under load then back it off 2°. I would try to get a vacuum take off if possible to maintain the correct advance curve. Drilling and tapping the manifold is probably the easiest way.
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Originally posted by Mark Allanson
There wont be any figures for your configuration, I would set it to 8° which is retarded but will give easy starting, and progressively add 2° each test run until you get pinking under load then back it off 2°. I would try to get a vacuum take off if possible to maintain the correct advance curve. Drilling and tapping the manifold is probably the easiest way.
Standard cam?
If so standard timing with the caveat that the free flowing 40's will allow a bit more advance
Your simtoms are probably more to do with carb jetting
The advance setting on Fords of this era tend to be limited by starting considerations as if you set too much static advance and the starter motor will be fighting the engine trying to start turning the wrong way. If you run into this problem the distributor can be modded to give more advance higher up the rpm range.
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Originally posted by Mark Allanson
I would try to get a vacuum take off if possible to maintain the correct advance curve. Drilling and tapping the manifold is probably the easiest way.